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Michael Douglas golf event in Las Vegas May 01, 2005
This has affected me and it will affect me the rest of my life
Alleged Zeta-Jones stalker hearing delayed Oct 05, 2004
She felt she was a marked person. She couldn't figure out how they knew where she was
Zeta-Jones testifies in stalker case Jul 29, 2004
I went through the invitation line to shake hands with Clinton and he said, 'Hello, Mr. President,' and put me in his place in line next to President Chirac
Poll: Douglas most popular movie president Feb 16, 2004
My career was the most important thing in my life, followed by marriage and children. And it's completely reversed now. I never anticipated starting a family and the joy of raising kids at my age
Douglas: Career came before older son Jan 22, 2010
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009. He is the son of actor Kirk Douglas, who is ranked #17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time.
Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first son of actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill. His paternal grandparents, Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna Sanglel, were Jewish immigrants from Gomel in Belarus (at that time a part of the Russian Empire). His mother and maternal grandparents, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill and Ruth Rapalje Neilson, were natives of Devonshire Parish, Bermuda. Thomas Dill served as Attorney General of Bermuda and was commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery.
Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas (born 1947), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas (born 1955) and Eric Douglas (1958–2004).